Captain Benjamin Ogden

Abt 1737 - Abt 1791  (54 years)

• Name	Benjamin Ogden
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	Abt 1737	North Castle, Westchester, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1791
  Person ID	I45534	Scudder
  Last Modified	11 May 2013

  
  

  Family ID

  F16181

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  Family	Hannah Flewelling,   b. Abt 1741, North Castle, Westchester, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Joseph Ogden,   b. 7 Aug 1774, New York d. 14 Jun 1807 (Age 32 years)   2. Wilmont Ogden,   b. Abt 1768, North Castle, Westchester, New York d. 14 Oct 1790 (Age 22 years)   3. Benjamin Ogden,   b. 24 Dec 1771   d. 17 Apr 1823 (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F16174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin served in the campaign in South Carolina, under Tarleton, and was at the battle of Camden. He commanded a company of Dragoons in His Majesty's Battalion of Provincial Chasseurs, under Colonel Andrew Emmerick, a German officer of repute. This battalion was composed of companies from loyal regiments, raised in New York and New Jersey, and served on outpost and other dangerous duty around New York during 1778 and 1779. Benjamin's commission was dated May 1, 1778. There is a family tradition that Captain Benjamin went to England with the army after the war. He, like other British soldiers, was given lands in Canada after the war. He never took it up. His oldest son, Joseph, in 1791, just before his father's death, went to get it, but was intercepted by Indians. The land is thought to be in the neighborhood of Toronto. About the year 1815, his descendants made another effort to obtain it. Benjamin is said to have been endowed with a large frame and Herculean strength, and was called "General Ben" in the family. A story is told of how the soldiers used to tie him in his sleep with cords for the pleasure of seing him break them when he awoke.